make install?

[rbharath]

I've been experimenting with HELib to write a few simple programs. For now, I've been placing my code in the src directory (say as Program.cpp) and compiling with the make Program_x command. This is fine for now, but is a little kludgy especially as I'm getting confident about trying some more complicated programs.

Is there an install command already available? If not, would there be interest in adding a make install command to the HELib makefile? I'm glad to make a pull request if so.

[fionser]

1. basically, we just place the built fhe.a in the link path, e.g., /usr/lib and /usr/local/lib, and place the header files in the include path.
2. or you can set these paths in your makefile with -I <include_path> and -L <link_path>.

For example,

/home
      /Alice
          /SomeDir
              /HElib/src <-- fhe.a and the head files are here
         /OtherDir
              /projectDir
                   /makefile
                   /program.cpp

Your program.cpp can be like this

#include "FHEcontext.h"
int main() {
    FHEcontext context(1024, 2, 1);
    ....
}

Then you can write the makefile as

gcc -o main program.cpp -L /home/Alice/SomeDir/HElib/src -lfhe -lgmp -I /home/Alice/SomeDir/HElib 

[rbharath]

@fionser Thanks for the answer!

Would there be interest in having a make install command added by PR to move FHE.a and the header files to the right locations?